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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Studying Music in Salzburg

Nefeli Mousoura. Piano Soloist.

Some people are just born to do or to become something specific. Like there is no other way than this. Nefeli carries the harmonies of music in her blood as if her veins are pentagrams.

Starting playing the piano from a very early age, she is now a soloist. Studying and performing classical music in the city of Mozart.

Age: 24

From: Piraeus, Greece

To : Salzburg, Austria

For: Bachelor of Piano

(concert pianist major)

at the University “Mozarteum”

1. What makes you sure that the
direction you followed in your life is your deepest desire?

"The feeling that I couldn’t live
without it".

2. Do you think that you were
influenced by the musical background of your family?

"My mom
is a music-lover, and she was the one who introduced me to the classical music
world, so I think yes, the family background was decisive".

3.Your favourite artist.

"Maria Callas".

4. The most inspiring era of time.

"19th
century, I love romanticism! And of course, the greatest inspiration for
me is always ancient Greece.
Whatever it is, I always go back to this time of history".

5. What are the qualifications to enter your
current school?

"A candidate needs to
acquire already high level of piano performance, and one gets admitted after
very demanding auditions…"

Salzburg

6. What is
special about studying music in Austria?

"Its a
really special feeling to study and live in a city where classical music was
born. Here you understand so much the classical era of music, it’s the city
itself, the buildings , the tradition, it’s the atmosphere, that inspires you
so much, the amazing feeling that you
walk in the same streets, you see the same views, as Mozart did".

7. Your
furtherst dream.

"To be able to transmitt
true feelings through my music,
to be able to create transcandental moments of dreaming and true
emotion. To be able to make just a bit more beautiful the life even of one
person. Through Music".

8. What is
missing form Austria?

"Craziness (but thank
God musicians have more than enough!)".

9. The best
thing to do with company in Salzburg.

"Making music!"

10. The
best thing to do alone.

"Playing music, walking in the nature"

11. The
people of Salzburg.

"Friendly and helpful".

12. The
song linked to your life in this city.

"Music of
Mozart".

13. The
taste.

"Chocolate!"

14. Your
top moment of being a piano soloist.

"Every concert is different, and therefore
a unique experience".

15. What
you will keep forever.

"Memories full of
emotions. Knowledge and wisdom that I got studing in this university and living
in this city".